After an immigration official acknowledged that he gave Mr. Peter Obi the erroneous detention notice during a search for a guy who had used his impersonation to commit perjury, fraud, and identity theft, the United Kingdom government apologized to Mr. Obi.
Along with calling the unfavorable treatment he experienced “completely unacceptable,” they also apologized directly to him.
Immigration officials expressed their regret over the immigration official’s behaviour, calling it “appalling.”
UK Police Detained, Interrogated Peter Obi Over Alleged Impersonation
On April 7, 2023, immigration officers at Heathrow Airport in London wrongfully detained and questioned Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi for hours.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Diran Onifade, the head of the Obi-Datti media office, made this information known.
The former governor of Anambra State was wrongfully jailed, according to the Obi-Datti media office, for crimes allegedly done by an impostor who is still at large.
The message went on to say that the impersonator of Obi can conduct a number of offenses that would result in the arrest of the LP flagbearer in the UK for copying.
The statement reads in part: “The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi just back from London, United Kingdom where he celebrated Easter, has confirmed that he was harassed by London immigration officials and placed in detention but for the spontaneous reaction of Nigerians at Heathrow Airport.
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“Obi-Datti Media office can confirm that the LP Presidential candidate in the February 25 Presidential poll arrived at the Heathrow Airport in London from Nigeria on Good Friday, April 7, 2023, and joined the queue for the necessary Airport protocols when he was accosted by an immigration official who handed him a detention note and told him to step aside. He was questioned for a long time and it was very strange for a man who lived for over a decade in that country.
“Since Obi’s face was already an international frame, especially for Nigerians, Africans home, and in Diaspora who are likely to be Obidients, the people quickly raised their voices wondering why he was being delayed.
“The immigration officials who were also taken aback at the reaction of the people were forced to reveal that Obi was being questioned for a duplication offense meaning that someone has been impersonating him in London.
“The high implication of the offense is that the impersonator could be committing all kinds of weighty crimes and other dubious acts and it would be recorded in Obi’s name.
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“Since the impersonator is still at large, the scenario is unimaginable as Obi could be implicated in a series of forbidden acts and even be framed in a manner that could be a huge embarrassment to him, his family, his party, the Obidient Movement, and indeed Nigeria, where he currently and indisputably remains the conscience of the people.”
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